S1E17: Dr Rupert Whitaker

This is the last episode of the series Old Queens. And in this episode I'm talking to Dr Rupert Whitaker. Colin from episode one introduced me to Rupert when we were at an event for the National HIV story trust. And a week or so later I went round Rupert’s house in South London to chat to him.

Rupert’s a psychiatrist and has been living with HIV since the early 80s and he helped set up- what is now- the UKs leading HIV charity after his partner Terry Higgins died at the age of 37.

On the day that this episode is being released- 10th June Terry Higgins would have been 75. In this episode we spoke about Rupert’s life now, his work, seeing his partner die of an illness no one understood and the difficulties he came across when trying to set up the Terrence Higgins Trust- plus a lot more.
 Thank you so much to everyone who's listened to this series. I've had so much fun making it and meeting all the amazing people I've interviewed. And on that topic- thank you to all the people who've happily shared their stories with me for this series, I feel really honoured that you've felt comfortable talking to me and have been so willing to talk. In the next week or so I'll be releasing the first episode of the second series which I'm currently in the process of recording. If you want to get in touch please drop me an email on [e-mail] or follow the podcast here: Instagram.com/QueerMargins.